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Social Rented Housing: Greater London

Commons · Question 87276 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to (a) maintain social housing commitments in existing planning permissions in London and (b) ensure that levels of social housing are not reduced in

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 13 Nov 2025

As part of the Government’s drive to build 1.5 million new homes in this Parliament, the Mayor of London and the government have developed a package of support for housebuilding in the capital. This package includes a new time-limited planning route desig...